Questions
Definitions
Socialization -It refers to the way in
which individuals are assisted in
becoming members of one or more social
groups1.
Gender - Characteristics that a society or
culture assigns as masculine or
feminine
Masculinity - Interplay of emotional and
intellectual factors, which implies to both
men and women, which is mediated by
social factors including race, gender and
class2. Masculinity has been continually
characterized by traits such as
independence, confidence and
Theoretical Perspectives
Feminist theory:
Masculinity has its effect on
how men perceive women and
their sexuality. In a way
masculinity defines the order of
the society by establishing
notions of treating women.
Misdirected masculinity in
many social communitiescan
lead to hazardous effects
ofoppression andviolence
against women.
Marxist theory:
Hegemony, a pivotal concept
in Gramsci's Prison Notebooks
and his
most significant contribution to
Marxist thinking, is about the
winning
and holding of power and the
formation (and destruction) of
Misconception Stereotypes
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Types of Masculinity
Hegemonic Masculinity proposes
to explain how and why men
maintain dominant social roles over
women, and other gender identities,
which are perceived as "feminine"
in a given society6.
Complicit Masculinity is
embodied by the many men in
society who do not themselves live
up to the ideal of hegemonic
masculinity, yet benefit from its
dominant position in the patriarchal
Different Stereotypes of
Masculinity
1.
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3.
Courage is secondary thing. Wealth is given prior importance. But every one show
their when required.
Those who failed to marry and produce children, or who squandered their inheritance,
or failed to control their slaves also failed at being a man.
Spartan martial model:
Courage was so sacrosanct to Spartans that soldiers who acted in cowardly manner on
battlefield would lose citizenship and suffer humiliation.
Finally, the decision to raise children was governed by the Spartan collective and not
the individual
Stoic philosophical model: Courage is knowledge of what is terrible and what is not and
what is neither
Agents of Socialization
Media
Figure. The Global
Media playing an
important role in the
personality
development of girl
from their childhood
and thus making the
people of all sexes
to follow their
respective gender
roles.10
Appropriation of
Masculinity
Appropriation of western
stereotypes of masculinity
resulting from a form of
imperialism.
Media and film act as a bridge
between social communities
facilitating the development of
gender stereotypes.
The evolution of masculinity
which was regionally confined
historically, has crossed
geographical boundaries as a
result of globalization.
Contemporary Masculinity
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